Form-Specific Prospective Environmental Risk Assessment of Graphene-Based Materials in European Freshwater.

ABSTRACT: As graphene-based materials (GBMs) such as pristine graphene, graphene oxide, and reduced graphene oxide show great potential to be integrated in various applications, the need for environmental risk assessments grows, aiming to navigate the environmental fate and potential risk of the different forms of GBM. This study used dynamic probabilistic material flow analysis (DPMFA) to ascertain the prospective production volumes and distribution of GBMs within European freshwaters. The hazard assessment leveraged 113 data sets from peer-reviewed studies, addressing aquatic ecotoxicity across 26 species, by performing probabilistic species sensitivity distributions (SSD). Our findings reveal distinct environmental distribution patterns for GBM forms with predicted environmental concentrations in

SUBMITTER: Hong H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11636196 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature